Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture) - Hardcover

 
9780830814930: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0830814930 ISBN 13: 9780830814930
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press,US, 2005

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The finest ancient commentary on three key Pauline epistles.
Paul's letters to the Galatians, Ephesians and Philippians have struck an indelible impression on Christian tradition and piety. The doctrines of Christ, of salvation and of the church all owe their profiles to these letters. And for patristic interpreters, who read Scripture as a single book and were charged with an insatiable curiosity regarding the mysteries of the Godhead, these letters offered profound visions seldom captured by modern eyes. Trinitarian truth was patterned in the apostle's praise of God who is "over all, through all and in all" (Ephesians 4:6).

Without a doubt the greatest text in this collection of letters is the "Christ hymn" of Philippians 2:6-11. This commentary offers an unparalleled close-up view of the fathers weighing the words and phrases of this panoramic charting of the Savior's journey from preexistence, to incarnation, to crucifixion and triumphant exaltation as universal Lord.

This volume opens a treasury of resources for biblical study today. The expository voices of Jerome, Origen, Augustine, Chrysostom, Ambrosiaster, Theodoret, Marius Victorinus and Theodore of Mopsuestia speak again with eloquence and intellectual acumen, some in English translation for the first time.

The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is a unique twenty-seven-volume series encompassing all of Scripture and offering contemporary readers the opportunity to study for themselves the key writings of the early church fathers. Arranged by the books of the Bible, each portion of commentary allows the living voices of the church in its formative centuries to speak as they engage the sacred page of Scripture.

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Publisher
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0830814930
ISBN 13 
9780830814930
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
350
Editor
Edwards Mark J